Care Homes in Herefordshire County Of 58 care homes · 49 rated Good by CQC

4 Outstanding
45 Good
6 Requires improvement
1 Inadequate
2 Not yet rated

Most families begin looking at care homes in Herefordshire County Of with a short list of worries and no map of the system: whether a parent is safe alone at night, what any of it costs, and who decides. Herefordshire Council is the authority responsible for the care needs assessment that records the level of support required, and after a separate financial assessment it decides whether public funds will meet part of the fee. 58 residential care homes match this search, all registered with the Care Quality Commission. Three of them are rated Outstanding and forty three are rated Good, while six have been told they require improvement, one has been judged Inadequate and two carry no published grade yet. Grades summarise a single inspection rather than settle a decision, so open the profiles that interest you, read the findings in full, and take the questions they raise with you when you visit.

All 58 care homes in Herefordshire County Of

Evendine House Residential Home Care home in Malvern · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Evendine House, Malvern, Herefordshire, County of WR13 6DT
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
May 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Evendine Care Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Evendine House is a residential home in Malvern for older people who need care, company and a settled place to live. We are a house rather than an institution, and the day here has the ordinary shape of meals, conversation, fresh air and rest. Our care is residential rather than nursing. We help with washing and dressing, medication, meals, mobility and company, and we call in community health professionals whenever something more clinical is needed. We support residents living with dementia, and the things we rely on are unglamorous and effective: familiar staff who know a person's history, a routine that stays the same, food people recognise and reassurance repeated as often as it is wanted. We keep an eye on how people are eating and sleeping, because those are often the first signs that something needs attention. Respite stays are available as well, giving family carers a proper break and letting somebody find out how the home feels before any permanent decision is taken. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please visit during an ordinary day, talk to the people who live here and ask us whatever you need to know.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Respite Care
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Cedar Lodge Care home in Bromyard · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
West Midlands Learning Campus, Bromyard, Herefordshire, County of HR7 4LS
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Nov 2019 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Winslow Court Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Cedar Lodge is a residential care home in Bromyard, Herefordshire, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. Most of the people who live here are younger adults, and we also offer respite stays. We think of this as somebody's home first, and that governs the ordinary decisions. People choose how their room looks, what goes on the shopping list, when they get up and what happens at the weekend. Where somebody wants to cook, we cook alongside them rather than doing it for them. Where somebody wants a job, a course or a club, that is the point of the support rather than an extra bolted onto it. Being in a small market town has real advantages for this kind of work. People are known locally, they can get to the shops and the pub and the library on their own terms, and the place is small enough to become familiar. That sort of ordinary belonging is harder to arrange than it sounds and it is worth protecting. Predictability is something we are careful about. For many of the people here, knowing what is happening and who will be there is the difference between a settled day and a hard one, so we plan ahead and explain changes early. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We keep asking the people who live here what would make this a better place to live, and we take those answers seriously.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Froome Bank Care home in Bromyard · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Tower Hill, Bromyard, Herefordshire, County of HR7 4DF
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Shaw Healthcare Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Froome Bank is a residential care home in Bromyard, Herefordshire. We are home to older people, including many living with dementia, and we support younger adults too. We also offer respite stays. We keep our priorities plain. Good food, warm rooms, laundry that comes back, help when it is wanted and privacy when it is not. Residents get up and go to bed when it suits them rather than when a rota finds it convenient, and an afternoon with nothing arranged in it is a perfectly good afternoon. Being in a small market town has real advantages. Residents who have lived here for decades know the place far better than we do, and there is a good deal to be said for a conversation about the town with somebody who has watched it change over a lifetime. For residents living with dementia we protect routine and keep surroundings familiar, and we ask families for the history that lets us understand what somebody means rather than only what they said. The Care Quality Commission rates us good overall. Families are welcome to arrive unannounced and see us on an ordinary day, because that is the visit that tells you something.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Coldwells House Care home in Hereford · Rated Outstanding by CQC
CQC: outstanding
Coldwell's Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, County of HR1 1LH
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2026
Run by
Ms K A Rogers
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Coldwells House is a residential care home in Hereford. Those living here include older people, many living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities. Respite stays are part of what we do. Our attention goes on ordinary comfort and on the parts of the day nobody inspects. Whether the food is worth finishing. How long a bell takes to answer at two in the morning. Whether the person helping you knows anything about you beyond your care plan. Whether anybody notices you have gone quiet for a couple of days. For residents living with dementia we keep the routine steady and the surroundings unchanged, and we ask relatives early for the history, because it is much harder to gather later and it is what makes somebody's remarks comprehensible rather than confusing. For residents with physical disabilities we plan around what a person can still manage themselves rather than what is fastest for us. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We are proud of it and slightly wary of what it can imply, since a rating covers a period rather than a promise. What keeps it true is asking residents and relatives what we have stopped noticing, and then acting.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Respite Care
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Moor Court Care home in Hereford · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Moor Court Residential Home, Hereford, Herefordshire, County of HR1 3HW
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Innovation Care Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
We are a residential care home in Hereford supporting adults with a range of needs. The people who live here include older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Supporting that range means paying attention to individuals rather than to categories. Some of the people here need a good deal of help with personal care, medication and moving about. Others need much less of that and a great deal more support with everything else: keeping to arrangements, managing money, getting out, handling the things that cause anxiety and having staff who know when to step in and when to leave well alone. So we start from what somebody wants their life to look like. People keep their own rooms and belongings, have a real say in how the house runs and choose how much they join in. Where somebody is living with dementia we spend time learning their history and habits, because knowing the person is what settles them when they are frightened. Where consistency matters, as it often does for autistic people, we keep staffing as settled as we can. Respite stays are available as well as longer places. Our most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated us good overall. Please come and visit and ask us whatever you need to.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Birchams Grange Care home in Ledbury · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Clenchers Lane, Ledbury, Herefordshire, County of HR8 1RW
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jun 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
E.C. Investments (Gloucestershire) Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Birchams Grange is a residential care home near Ledbury. We provide care for older people, including those living with dementia and people with a physical disability, and we offer respite stays. We are a residential home rather than a nursing home, so our strength is in the daily business of living well. Help with washing and dressing, getting about safely, medication, meals that people look forward to, and the company that so often disappears when someone has been struggling alone at home. Where nursing input is needed we work alongside the district nursing team and local GPs. Mobility matters here. For residents with a physical disability we focus on what can still be done rather than listing what cannot, and we make sure equipment, layout and the amount of help offered are right. Being helped too much is its own kind of loss. With dementia, we keep the day steady and the surroundings familiar, and we ask families to tell us about the person's working life, their interests and their habits. Knowing somebody was always up at five, or never drank tea, saves a lot of confusion later. Being in the Herefordshire countryside, getting out is easy when the weather allows. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and look round Birchams Grange.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Physical Disability
- Respite Care
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Noble Manor Care home in Hereford
Ledbury Court, Hereford, Herefordshire, County of HR1 2SZ
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Not yet rated
Run by
Noble Care Limited
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
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Noble Manor is a residential care home in Hereford supporting adults who are managing mental health conditions, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays for people who need somewhere settled for a shorter period. Our approach is built on steadiness and respect. Many of the people who come to us have had unsettled periods and a good number of moves, so the first thing we try to offer is somewhere calm where nothing changes without warning and where they are treated as adults making their own decisions. People have their own rooms and their own routines, and they have a real say in how their days go. Support is agreed with each person rather than imposed. For some that means working towards managing more independently, perhaps around cooking, money, appointments or getting back into work or study. For others it means reliable support that simply holds steady. Both are entirely legitimate, and we try not to push people towards goals that are ours rather than theirs. We work closely with community mental health colleagues, social workers and families, because support that everybody has agreed on is the support that tends to last. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and we are glad to be asked about our staffing, our training and the way we handle concerns. If you are considering a place with us, please come and visit, meet the people who live here and ask us whatever you need to know.
- Mental Health
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Aspire Living - 1-2 Markyes Close Care home in Ross-on-wye · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
1-2 Markyes Close, Ross-on-wye, Herefordshire, County of HR9 7BZ
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Ask the home
CQC rated
Jan 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Thera Trust
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Aspire Living is a residential care home in Ross on Wye, supporting younger adults and older people in Herefordshire, including people with a learning disability, autistic people and people who have a physical disability. The name is the point. People live here because they want a life that works, not because they have run out of options, and our job is to make the life practical rather than to decide whether it is sensible. People have their own rooms and their own belongings, a say in the food and the shopping, and support arranged around what they want their week to contain. For residents with a learning disability, that usually means doing things together rather than for them, and being patient while a skill is genuinely learned. Cooking, managing money, keeping in touch with family, getting out into the town. For autistic residents it means predictability, honest information about what is happening next, and respecting the things that make a room bearable or unbearable rather than treating them as fussiness. Where somebody has a physical disability, we make sure the equipment and the help are there so that getting out and about is never a matter of staff convenience. Communication takes most of our effort. Some people here do not use speech, and almost every serious problem in settings like ours starts with somebody not being properly listened to. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Come and meet the people who live here.
- Older Person Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Physical Disability
- Younger Adults
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What care homes cost in Herefordshire County Of, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 30 West Midlands homes. Median £1,398.	Varies by council	£1,219 to £1,579
Nursing care Middle half of prices from 16 West Midlands homes. Median £1,646.	Varies by council	£1,460 to £1,936
Residential dementia care Middle half of prices from 23 West Midlands homes. Median £1,484.	Not published separately	£1,375 to £1,681
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few West Midlands homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,890 to £2,221

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. What a council pays differs from council to council. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Arranging and funding a care home place in Herefordshire County Of

Narrowing fifty five homes down

Distance is usually the first filter and the grades the second. Whitegates, Coldwells House and Charnwood Country Residence hold Outstanding ratings here, and forty three further homes are rated Good. Six have been told they require improvement, one is rated Inadequate and two have no grade because they registered too recently to be inspected in full. Once a handful of homes remain, read their reports properly, since the written detail on staffing, medicines and leadership is where homes sharing a grade begin to differ.

What a residential place includes

Every provider listed offers accommodation together with personal care: help with washing and dressing, meals cooked and served, medicines given on time, laundry and daily company, with staff on duty overnight. None has a registered nurse on site around the clock. Where someone already needs wound dressings, insulin or close clinical monitoring, a home registered to provide nursing is the right place to look, and settling that question first saves wasted visits.

The practical fit

Ask how many people live at the home, whether bedrooms are single with their own bathroom, and whether a resident may bring furniture of their own. Ask how the building copes with someone unsteady on their feet and how the home supports people living with dementia. Be realistic about the journey relatives will make each week, in winter as much as in summer, because regular visiting does more for a resident's wellbeing than anything shown on a tour.

Choosing between care homes in Herefordshire County Of

The care needs assessment

Almost every placement follows a care needs assessment, free to anyone who appears to need care whatever their savings. A social worker discusses washing, dressing, mobility, memory, medication and the support relatives already give, then records the level of care required. Where residential care is the answer, that record underpins the support plan and any funding decision. Requests are made to Herefordshire Council Adult Social Care, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded placements.

How the cost is shared

A financial assessment follows separately, comparing income and capital with the national thresholds. Savings count, and the value of a property is generally counted once a move is permanent, though a deferred payment arrangement can help while a house is on the market. Where the council contributes, the resident still pays an assessed amount from pension and benefits. Above the threshold, families arrange and fund the placement and can ask for an assessment later if capital falls.

Fees, extras and time

Ask each home for its weekly fee in writing and for the list of what is billed separately, which usually includes hairdressing, chiropody and outings. Ask how often fees are reviewed, what notice is given of an increase and what is charged while a resident is in hospital. Then allow more time than feels comfortable, because assessments, visits and a suitable vacancy rarely arrive together. Every profile here carries the full inspection report, so much of the work can be done before you set out.

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Herefordshire County Of

Which care homes in Herefordshire County Of are listed here?

58 residential care homes registered with the Care Quality Commission appear on this page. Whitegates, Coldwells House and Charnwood Country Residence hold Outstanding ratings, while Chepstow House, Orchard End, Lammas Lodge, Holmer Court Residential Home and The Forbury are among those rated Good. Each entry shows the provider type and the current rating. The profiles carry the inspection findings behind each grade.

What is the difference between a residential care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, covering help with washing, dressing, meals, medicines and daily routine. A nursing home provides the same alongside a registered nurse on duty at all hours for clinical needs. All the providers listed here hold a residential registration. Where nursing input is already needed most days, look for a home registered to provide nursing care.

What should I ask when visiting a care home in Herefordshire?

Ask how many care staff are on duty by day and overnight, and how absence is covered at short notice. Ask how long the manager and senior carers have worked there, since a settled team knows residents well. Find out how illness, falls and hospital admissions are handled, and how quickly relatives are contacted. Ask to see the room that is genuinely available and to stay through part of a mealtime.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Herefordshire?

Contact the adult social care team at Herefordshire Council and ask for a care needs assessment. It is free and open to anyone who appears to need care, whatever their income or savings. A social worker will discuss daily living, mobility, memory, medication and the support relatives already provide, at home or on a hospital ward. The written outcome records the level of care required and forms the basis of any support plan.

Can Herefordshire Council fund a care home placement?

It can, where the needs assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows capital and income below the national thresholds. Property is usually taken into account once a move is permanent, though a deferred payment agreement may be possible while a house is sold. Where the council contributes, the resident pays an assessed amount from their income. Families above the threshold arrange the placement privately and can request an assessment later.

How far ahead should we start looking?

Start before circumstances force the decision, because assessments, visits and trial stays each take time to arrange. Homes here are spread out, so visiting two in a day is not always realistic. A few weeks of preparation makes it possible to compare fairly rather than accepting the first available room. Reading the inspection reports first removes wasted journeys.

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Local authority support in Herefordshire County Of

Herefordshire Council arranges and funds adult social care in this area. Use these official council links to check funding, request an assessment and get support.

Adult social care website Herefordshire Council

Council service pages 11 of 19

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Guides for choosing a care home

Plain-English advice on choosing and paying for care homes.

What Is a Care Home? A Plain English Guide for Families 8 min read
Residential Care Homes: Costs, Eligibility, Types and How to Choose the Right Care Home 13 min read
NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), Explained in Plain English 12 min read
The £86,000 Care Cost Cap, Explained in Plain English 17 min read

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Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated September 2026.